6.20am
Alex was feeling far more relaxed. He had managed to smuggle the gun past security after he had taken a chance and used his CTU credentials, even though it would give CTU a clue as to where he was going. He was sat at the very back, so that he could see all of the people on the bus. Knowing that it was going to be a long journey, he allowed himself to fall asleep. He hoped that it would not make him too vulnerable.
6.30am
David Palmer was shattered. He had had no sleep all night and he had not heard from Jack Bauer for some time, and that was very unusual when CTU were involved in a crisis. Deciding to ring CTU, he hoped that Jack was available. The man had done some great work down in Mexico the night before.
"CTU, Almeida," a very tired Tony answered. He was trying hard not to think about Jack, Nina or Alex, and to focus on the threat.
"Agent Almeida, this is President Palmer. I would like to speak to Jack Bauer, is he available?," Palmer spoke. Tony was stunned into silence - not only had the President called directly, he had said Jack's name as if he thought Jack was still alive. Tony then realised that noone had informed Palmer. He tried to come up with the best way to break the news.
"Mr President, I'm very sorry to tell you this, but...a few hours ago, Jack Bauer killed Nina Myers. Moments later, Alex Myers, Nina's brother...shot and killed Jack and escaped from CTU. I'm sorry, sir," Tony replied, and Chappelle was looking at him with uncharacteristic sympathy. Palmer was stunned, and it took him a while to take in the news. When he replied, his voice was determined.
"Agent Almeida, you have all resources available to find and capture Alex Myers. I want you to focus on the threat as a primary objective, but I want you to get some people working on finding him. Get help from other agencies, other CTU branches if you must," Palmer replied. Hanging up the phone, he tried to calm himself down. he had met Alex Myers just once, the day of the Californian presidential primary. He had seemed like a good agent, and Jack had mentioned him a few times. At first, Palmer had been suspicious of Alex, but had grown to feel sorry for the young agent. He had no such sympathy now, that was for sure.
7.00am
Alex was awakened suddenly as the bus went over a bump in the road. It was now light and he could tell that they were now out of Los Angeles. He intended only to travel via bus to Las Vegas, where he would arrive around 10am. He would then go by plane from McCarran airport to O'Hare airport, where he would arrive around 1.30pm. It all depended on him having to take some pretty big risks in order to get back to Chicago, but he was confident that he could do it.
7.10am
Palmer was looking out of the window, deep in thought. He was worried about Kim Bauer, determined that Alex Myers would not get away, and depressed over the untimely and undeserved death of Jack Bauer. He could understand Alex's anger at seeing his sister killed by a friend, but even he could not deny what Nina had done - some of her actions had even affected him directly, and the friendship between Alex and Jack had been quite strong. Sure, it had taken a nosedive around the time Alex had visited Nina and Jack had demanded to know exactly where Nina was, but it was mostly a good relationship between two men loyal to their country.